NBA: Two hands can’t carry championship rings

Yue Yi leaned on the sofa and grinned, and said:"Mr. Noah, your only request happens to be the only thing I can't agree to you. I'm sorry."

"Why?"

This time it was Arthur Noah's turn to ask.

The conditions he offered were more generous than any other NBA player's. The smooth road ahead was paved in advance. Who could refuse such a benefit?

"I have a Chinese heart and I will not give up my country"

"I will work hard to get what I want, and I also believe that I don't need others to give it to me."

"Thank you Mr. Noah, thank you for thinking so highly of me and giving me the opportunity to choose"

"Do I need to leave now?"

Yue Yi stood up

"Yue, do you know what you have lost? You will pay the price for your choice."

Arthur Noah's face was very ugly.

Yue Yi smiled lightly and walked away.

Penny, who was leisurely watching TV series in the living room, was confused.

She quickly caught up with Yue Yi,"Yi, what's wrong with you? ?

Jack chased him out and said,"Yue, let's go have a drink. We can't be family but we can still be friends.""

"What? What did you tell your dad?"

Yue Yi rejected Jack's invitation to the bar. He was not in such a bad mood that he needed to go to the bar to indulge himself.

On the contrary, he was very calm. If possible, he could finish the dinner without any ripples and leave, so as not to embarrass Penny.

But the owner of the house did not welcome him to stay any longer, so he had to leave.

The benefits promised by Arthur Noah were very tempting, but he asked for a change of nationality, which was not negotiable.

Penny was left at home.

Arthur would not let her go, and Yue Yi and Jack would not let her go either.

Yue Yi told her that he needed to talk to Jack about business, and hoped that she would not think too much and not worry, as it was just a work matter.

Jack also said that he would not take Yue Yi to fool around, and he really wanted to talk about work again.

The security guards of the manor were in place secretly, and even if Penny wanted to leave, Arthur would not let her leave the manor.

The women of Noah's family took Penny back to the living room. Even if they parted unhappily, it would not affect tonight's dinner.

Jack drove his retro Maybach and took Yue Yi to the direction of Oracle Arena

"Yue, first of all I want to make it clear that I am not the same old man as me.

Yue Yi smiled and said:"Then what is your role tonight? Your father will be the bad guy and you will be the good guy?""

Jack laughed,"Hahaha, I've always been a good person."

"Yue, I respect your choice, and I also appreciate your love for your country. I am not as rigid as the old guy, with great Americanism in my heart."

Yue Yi chuckled and said,"What do you want to tell me? I have rejected your father's request. I think I have to find another team for myself."

Jack said quickly,"No, no, no, your rejection of my old man's proposal does not mean that the Warriors will give up on you. He is looking for you tonight for Penny, so that the family will have a well-known celebrity in the future."

"Normally he doesn't care about the team, I'm the general manager."

Yue Yi smiled contemptuously,"Oh, I don't have to stay in the Warriors, there are many teams that want me. The maximum salary is nothing to me, I will definitely get it within two years."

"Yes, I admit it, but I don't think any team can offer you the tactical position that the Warriors have given you right now. Yue, I know you don't want to leave the team, so take a look at the contract I prepared for you first."

In the Oracle Arena, in Jack's general manager's office, the two sat opposite each other.

Jack took out a contract from the drawer and handed it to Yue Yi. It seemed that this contract had been prepared long ago.

Jack said to Yue Yi,"You can take a look at this contract. It's basically what your uncle and I discussed. I believe it will meet your contract requirements."

"Hey, I feel sorry for you, Yue, the two contracts represent two paths in your life."

Yue Yi smiled.

My destiny is up to me, and I choose my own life.

Jack's contract is exactly what he expected, a middle-class salary of 5 million, with a term of one year.

This is what Yue Yi can currently get. The maximum annual salary was very fair.

Yue Yi signed and the contract came into effect.

Jack put the contract back in the drawer, opened the hidden wine cabinet, poured himself a glass of wine, and then leaned on the leather sofa and said to Yue Yi:"The official business is done, let's talk about personal matters, Yue, I have to remind you that my old man is very stubborn."

"I can assure you that he won't interfere with your work, but you and my sister are in trouble."

"What could he do, lock Penny in the house and not go out?"

Yue Yi disagreed. What era is this? Isn't this the United States that advocates freedom?

"I don't think you take this to heart.

Jack took a sip of wine and continued:"To be honest, I don't want my sister to follow you to the other side of the ocean in the future. I have neither support nor objection to this matter.""

Yue Yi asked back:"Love knows no borders, doesn't it?"

"Yes, there is nothing wrong with that. Jack smiled,"

But if you had a daughter or sister, I believe you might not think so.""

The two did not continue chatting on this topic.

After chatting for a while about the team's future development plan and work matters, the two chatted very speculatively.

Jack and Yue Yi talked about the 2008 draft. The Warriors hold two first-choice players. Round and two second-round picks, Yue Yi thought about it and gave his personal suggestions.

Since the specific picks have not yet been drawn, Yue Yi mentioned some players who have become famous in this class for Jack's reference.

One of the first-round picks comes from the Bucks, and the Bucks have not made it to the playoffs.

Yue Yi's suggestions are Love, Westbrook, Rose, Lopez, and Gordon.

There is a ranking here. The Warriors currently lack a backbone inside. Westbrook and Rose are strong, but the team now has Kidd, which gives them limited room for growth.

Of course, who they can choose depends on the luck of the Bucks. , if the lottery pick is high, you can give priority to the players you like.

The Warriors' own first-round pick is relatively low. Yue Yi's suggestion is: Ibaka, McGee, Batum, and Hill. , Green.

Two second-round picks: Jordan, Dragic, and Pekovic.

There are very few players who can be picked in the second round. Half of the 30 players can play in the league for more than three years. It was already very good. If the Warriors were lucky enough to select one of these three in the second round, they would have made a lot of money.

When the conversation about draft prospects came to the end, Jack said curiously,"You are based on this." What singled out these people?"

"Senior advisor's intuition."

Yue Yi pretended to be mysterious, shook his long hair, and used exaggerated movements to cover up.

"You will know in the future how much it is worth spending one million to hire a fortune teller like me as a consultant."

Jack didn't believe it,"Haha, really?"

Speaking of money, Yue Yi said to Jack,"Mr. General Manager, can I get an advance on your salary?"

NBA players' contracts may be unimaginable for ordinary working class people, but Yue Yi knows that compared with the real rich, this little contract money is nothing.

NBA players are nothing more than high-level workers.

Even if they reach the pinnacle of the court and get a huge contract, they will still be looked down upon by Penny's father.

With the money earned from playing basketball, they can only look up to Arthur Noah forever.

Jack was very surprised to hear that Yue Yi wanted an advance on his salary.

"Yue, I know you don't have money, but I also know you don't have much to spend. You took my sister to live in a rental apartment for a year. I have a lot of complaints about you."

"You have to tell me what your advance salary is for. If you just want to go back to China and have a good time, I can't agree to it."

Yue Yi said,"I want to invest. I have a good project."

Jack said disdainfully,"Investment? Haha, how good can the vision of you players be? Aren't there enough people who have been cheated?"

Yes, the big black guys in the NBA make a lot of US dollars, and too many of them spend it on wine and women, calling friends and making money. Of course, there are also those who want to make money and learn to invest, but there are also many who have been cheated. Those who really have investment vision or find the right partners actually account for only a very small part of all NBA players.

It is not much different from the probability of a star emerging among the players.

Yue Yi said to Jack with dissatisfaction,"Jack, I can be your consultant, do you think I'm a brainless person?"

Jack laughed,"That's right, anyone who is favored by Noah's family will not be a fool."

"How much do you want to advance?"

"all"

"Shit. Okay, I promise you, I wish you good fortune."